Zephonite
צְפוֹנִיStrong’s H6831tsephoni (tse-pho-ni)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Tsephoni is the Hebrew word usually translated “zephonite”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:”
Meaning
- Someone descended from Zephon who was a man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.16
How it's translated
- the zephonite 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
צְפוֹנִי tsephoni · Zephonite
Someone descended from Zephon who was a man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.16; son of: Gad (H1410); brother of: Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H0675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H0720) and Areli (H0692); also called Zephon at Num.26.15; Group of tsiph.yon (צִפְיוֹן "Ziphion" H6837) § Zephonites, of Zephon "treasure" descendants of Zephon, the son of Gad
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.